The Gardener's Almanac

Overview ;

Like last month; keep on the top of the weeds with regular hoeing.

 

Water and top dress the vegetable beds with a general fertiliser as necessary.

 

Consider sowing 'Green manure' crops in areas where previous crops have been harvested.

 

Week No. 31 - 29th Jul to 4th Aug

 

• Keep Courgettes and Marrows well watered and fed.

 

• Plant out Spring cabbage.

 

• Spray autumn cropping Cabbage, and Calabrese if necessary.

 

• If ready; lift Spring Onions as required.

 

• If not done previously; sow a few Parsley seeds in pots to be grown for use in the kitchen during the winter.

 

• Prepare beds after harvesting a previous crop and sow some quick growing salad crops.

 

Week No. 32 - 5th to 11th

 

• Give Jerusalem Artichoke plants a good soaking and apply a liquid feed.

 

• Feed Onions,

 

• Lift Japanese Onions sown the previous year.

 

• Consider planting some potatoes for harvesting around Christmas.

 

Week No. 33 - 12th to 18th

 

• Plant out Broccoli.

 

• Check Sweet Corn plants regularly and harvest the cobs as they ripen.

 

• Remove growing tip from outdoor Tomatoes.

 

Week No. 34 - 19th to 25th

 

• Sow some hardy Corn salad (Lamb's lettuce), and Cress if required.

 

• Feed autumn cropping brassicas.

 

Week No. 35 - 26th to 1st Sept

 

• Make a late sowing of hardy maincrop turnip.

 

• Protect Cauliflower curds.

 

• Plant out Thyme.

 

• Continue cutting heads of Calabrese to encourage secondary heads (spears)